It's terrible. Mr. Lu is too clingy.

One of them saw them, bumped into the others, signaled them to shut up, raised his chin slightly, and several women turned around to look.

Xie Xingran knew these people.

Since she was used to gossiping about others behind their backs, she didn't give him a good look and drove past him quickly without even saying hello.

Finally, Lu Ci also turned around.

He clearly saw the corners of several people's mouths twitching, and the disdainful looks they gave him from time to time.

He turned back with a frown and complained angrily, "Wife, they are saying bad things about us."

[How dare they call my wife a bad omen? I'm so pissed! I'm going to draw a circle and curse them, hoping they'll fall into the toilet.]

Xie Xingran was ticklish, so normally it was fine if he pinched it, but drawing circles like this was torturous.

"Lu Ciye, stop drawing circles on my belly," she couldn't help laughing, "Are you cursing me or them?"

Lu Ci also withdrew his hand instantly, and then asked in confusion: "Wife, how do you know that I am cursing them by drawing circles?"

Xie Xingran: ...

She replied calmly: "I don't know you very well. You are narrow-minded and hold grudges."

Lu·Small Eye·Ci Ye: "Humph, I've already remembered those people. If I hear them say bad things about you again, I'll smash their mouths."

Xie Xingran breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't doubt it.

Alas, the person has been exchanged, but I don’t know when this mind-reading ability can be taken back.

After returning home, Xie Xingran carefully put the wild flowers he had given her into an empty wine bottle.

Lu Ci also held a stick and jumped around the room with her.

"Wife~Wife, it's your birthday tomorrow!" He kept on mumbling about his plans.

"Let's go to the street again in the morning. I want to make you a braised fish and order a cake. It doesn't matter if you can't finish it. We can invite more people to our house.

Especially those kids, when the time comes, they will split into two camps and give each other cakes to give you a lively birthday, and also..."

Xie Xingran went back and forth several times, put water in the vase and exposed it to the sun.

He was talking more and more, and he wanted to invite the whole village to a feast. She had to speak up to stop him:

"Lu Ciye, I don't celebrate my birthday."

Just as he was talking excitedly, Lu Ci was stunned when he heard her say this.

"Why?" he asked subconsciously, then he remembered that his mother-in-law's death anniversary was also tomorrow, and he suddenly understood.

Xie Xingran lowered his eyes, fiddling with the flowers in front of him boredly, and said:

"I just don't want to live anymore, so stop bothering me."

She hasn't celebrated her birthday since her grandmother and brother died ten years ago.

Even though Sister Ayan and Sister Jinge have wanted to give her a wedding over the years, she is like a snail, often curled up in her shell and unwilling to come out.

Lu Ci also jumped forward on one foot distressedly, threw away the stick, hugged her, and gently stroked her back:

"Wife, your birthday is not a disaster day for your mother-in-law. It is a gathering day for all those who love you. Even if you don't celebrate it, I believe they will celebrate it for you in heaven."

Xie Xingran poked his waist and joked, "You believe it again? What? Are you a psychic?"

Lu Ci also held her hand, looked at her seriously and said, "Yes, my mother-in-law told me in a dream a long time ago that I must give you a good birthday.

Otherwise she will let my brother-in-law come to pester me. My wife, please be kind and save me. I don’t want to be pestered by my brother-in-law.”

Xie Xingran couldn't laugh at all, and sighed deeply:

"Lu Ciye, I really don't want to celebrate my birthday. Don't invite anyone over. Just treat it as a normal day, okay?"

Looking at the self-loathing and pain struggling in her eyes, Lu Ciye's heart felt as if it was hit by a heavy object, and the pain made him almost unable to breathe.

He hugged the person again and said in a muffled voice:

"Okay, we won't. Honey, don't be sad. If you are sad, I will be sad too."

Leaning on his broad chest, Xie Xingran's eyes suddenly became moist.

It was as if after all these years, there was finally someone who could curl up in her closed shell with her instead of asking her to go out and see the sun.

—

In the evening, Xie Xingran made all kinds of excuses and didn't want to come again.

"We've already done it twice this morning, and you still want to do it?" She said angrily, "Lu Ciye, do you really think I'm an indestructible field?"

Lu Ci also tugged at the corner of her clothes and said:

"It's been seven or eight hours since morning. Why haven't you rested enough? And as they say, there are only cows that die of exhaustion, but no fields that are plowed to death."

Xie Xingran sneered: "You're not afraid of being exhausted to death, right?"

Lu Ci also shook his head with sparkling eyes: "Don't be afraid, I don't think I can die from exhaustion."

But Xie Xingran still coldly shook off his hand: "It's not good to eat too much, otherwise your kidneys will be weak."

"No way!" He glared, anxiously, "I wouldn't feel weak even if I did it seven times a day."

[I'm really weak. I'll just ask my wife to replenish my energy. Once she does, I can fight her eight hundred times more!]

Xie Xingran: ...

"Oh, every day? Have you done it seven times in a row in these few times?" She couldn't help but sneer.

Although she was exhausted by the fourth time he came, it didn't stop her from laughing at him.

Little did she know that her unintentional provocation was the most deadly and could best arouse a man's competitive spirit.

Lu Ci's eyes also turned red, and he roared, "Who said I can't?! I'm going to prove it to you tonight!"

After saying that, he rushed forward and knocked her down.

Xie Xingran paused for two seconds, realizing that he was asking for trouble.

She quickly changed her words and said:

"No, that's not what I meant. It's mainly because your foot is still injured, and I'm afraid of accidentally hurting you."

Lu Ciye: "They say dying under a peony flower makes one a romantic ghost, not to mention having a lame leg, who cares!"

He was eager to kiss her, "Ah ...

Xie Xingran raised his hands and pressed them against his face, "No, give it to me."

Lu Ci also pouted, his face distorted with effort.

It's as urgent as not having eaten meat for 800 years, but I just can't succeed.

Seeing him like this, Xie Xingran was inexplicably tickled and burst out laughing.

She lost all her strength as soon as she smiled, and he instantly came close to her. She was still smiling even when she was kissed.

Lu Ci was also confused by her laughter, so he held down her hands, frowned, and asked:

"Honey, why are you laughing?"

Xie Xingran couldn't suppress the curve of his lips and just smiled.

Lu Ci also let her go, knelt on the bed, and said dissatisfiedly:

"What are you laughing at? Stop laughing! How can I kiss you if you're like that? This is a serious matter, okay?"

After a long time, Xie Xingran had laughed enough and coughed, but the moment he opened his mouth, his cough was ruined again.

She couldn't help laughing and replied:

"You, your expression is too 'charming', I can't help it, hahahaha——"

Lu Ciye: ...

Lu Ci was so angry that his teeth were itching. He leaned over and sealed her lips. No matter how she smiled, he would not let go.

He even started to touch Xie Xingran everywhere, making his limbs weak and his passion unbearable.

Gradually, Xie Xingran could no longer laugh and kept patting his shoulders.

Damn it, she can't breathe!

Lu Ci also moved away a little, his eyes scorching and dangerous as he asked her, "Are you still laughing? Huh?"

Xie Xingran was breathing rapidly, and his lips touched his with every breath.

The two of them were entwined in an atmosphere of ambiguity.

Could it be that this little puppy has turned into a wolf cub?

Xie Xingran thought to himself, with an expression of disbelief on his face and an uncontrollable heartbeat...